Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery sandwich box some scuffs and stains

some scuffs and stains

was designed and signed by Rune Tennesmed of Sweden

One would guess this is meant to be Taylor himself

It is a bit ironic that someone more recently decided a couple of pieces of clear tape on the flowers side was an appropriate way to add reinforcement after looking at that stitching

has lost part of its side and is stained along the lower edge of the lid

Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery sandwich box some scuffs and stainsThis strawberry shaped emery (like a small pin cushion but filled with emery powder for sharpening needles) appears once to have been entirely covered in red fabric, but all but a few tiny bright red bits around the top are gone, revealing the linen lining underneath. I like this darker color, and in all of its distressed ness, including what looks maybe like some scalding across the lower half, it looks to me like a badly bruised and wounded heart!